Haggis’ lawyers claim the woman’s complaint does not show “precisely how she was allegedly forced” into sex, and accuses her — as well as three other anonymous women who have come forward against him in the suit — of trying to use the media against him. The motion to dismiss argues, “In this day and age, media reports can castigate a person and destroy his or her life and reputation on the sole basis of a single unproven accusation of sexual impropriety . . . The only place where a person wrongly accused can put his or her trust is in the judicial system.”

But the woman’s lawyer tells us, “This is just another desperate attempt to prevent us from getting to the truth.”